An illustration of the Ticketmaster website from 2022. The ticketing giant has come under renewed scrutiny from music fans and lawmakers in recent months. Joe Raedle/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Joe Raedle/Getty Images An […]
Hayley Williams performs with Paramore during the When We Were Young music festival on Oct. 23, 2022, in Las Vegas. Las Vegas Review-Journal/TNS hide caption toggle caption Las Vegas Review-Journal/TNS Hayley Williams performs with Paramore […]
Burt Bacharach, pictured here in 1970, wrote music that was accessible — it even sounds simple. But there is nothing simple about it. Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images […]
Gustavo Dudamel conducts the New York Philharmonic, March 9, 2022. Chris Lee/New York Philharmonic hide caption toggle caption Chris Lee/New York Philharmonic Gustavo Dudamel conducts the New York Philharmonic, March 9, 2022. Chris Lee/New York […]
Cuban American salsa singer Celia Cruz onstage performing at VH1 Divas Live: The One and Only Aretha Franklin in New York City in 2001. Cruz is being honored on the U.S. quarter in 2024. Scott […]
Conductor Gustavo Dudamel, posing during a photo session at Paris’ Opera Bastille in Sept. 2022. Joel Saget/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Joel Saget/AFP via Getty Images Conductor Gustavo Dudamel, posing during a […]
The bric-a-brac-stacked shelves of the Tiny Desk. NPR hide caption toggle caption NPR The bric-a-brac-stacked shelves of the Tiny Desk. NPR The Tiny Desk Contest, NPR Music’s annual search for the next great undiscovered artist, […]
Harry Styles accepts the album of the year award for Harry’s House during the 65th Grammy Awards on Feb. 05, 2023 in Los Angeles, California. Frazer Harrison/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Frazer Harrison/Getty Images […]
Beyoncé accepts best dance/electronic music album for RENAISSANCE during the 65th Grammy Awards in Los Angeles Sunday. The prize gave her 32 Grammys, the most of any artist in the awards’ history. Emma McIntyre/Getty Images […]
Ozzy Osbourne arrives at the 62nd annual Grammy Awards at the Staples Center on Jan. 26, 2020, in Los Angeles. Osbourne announced the cancellation of his 2023 tour dates in the UK and continental Europe, […]
Beyoncé performs at the Oscars in March 2022. Her “Renaissance” World Tour later this year will mark her first solo tour since 2016. Robyn Beck/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Robyn Beck/AFP via […]
Host Lara Downes (left) talks with the young, Grammy nominated jazz sensation Samara Joy. Nicholai Hammar/NPR hide caption toggle caption Nicholai Hammar/NPR Host Lara Downes (left) talks with the young, Grammy nominated jazz sensation Samara […]
Missy Elliott, one of 14 artists announced as nominees for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on Feb. 1, 2023. Robyn Beck/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Robyn Beck/AFP via Getty Images […]
The Jonas Brothers react as their Hollywood Walk of Fame Star is unveiled during a ceremony on Monday in Hollywood, Calif. At the ceremony, they announced their sixth album will be released on May 5. […]
Motown’s Barrett Strong arrives at the induction ceremony for 35th annual National Academy of Popular Music/Songwriters Hall of Fame in New York on June 10, 2004. Louis Lanzano/AP hide caption toggle caption Louis Lanzano/AP Motown’s […]
Verlaine was known for his jagged guitar playing style involving heavy vibrato and distortion and off-kilter lyrics. Gus Stewart/Redferns hide caption toggle caption Gus Stewart/Redferns Verlaine was known for his jagged guitar playing style involving […]
Japanese musician, composer, record producer, pianist, activist, writer, actor and dancer Ryuichi Sakamoto, photographed on June 30, 2016 in Paris. Joel Saget/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Joel Saget/AFP via Getty Images Japanese […]
Live Nation CEO Michael Rapino, left, testifies to a Senate subcommittee on Feb. 24, 2009 over the proposed, and ultimately successful, merger between his company and Ticketmaster. Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images hide […]
“The crowds chasing us in A Hard Day’s Night were based on moments like this,” McCartney writes. “Taken out of the back of our car on West Fifty-Eighth, crossing the Avenue of the Americas.” Paul […]
Penny Harrison and her son Parker Harrison rally outside the U.S. Capitol during the Senate Judiciary Committee’s Ticketmaster hearing on Tuesday morning. Drew Angerer/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Drew Angerer/Getty Images Penny Harrison and […]